Washington Post Speed Slams Iowa Governor Chosen to Deliver GOP Response to SOTU

Donate Washington Post reporter Amy B. Wang credit for being very speedy —  specifically in writing up a slam of a Republican. At just after high noon on Tuesday, it was announced that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds would deliver the Republican response to Joe Biden’s State Of The Union address on March 1 and just a little over an hour later at 1:27 PM EST, Yang had completed her article on Reynolds along with the requisite slams. 

Yang attacked Reynolds first over her COVID-19 policies.

Iowa was among the states that did not issue any stay-at home orders during the outbreak. Reynolds did not implement statewide mask mandates in Iowa until November 2020, then lifted them — along with many other coronavirus restrictions — last February, without explanation and earlier than many other states.

Yang might have overlooked the fact that lockdowns can only be effective in a very limited way. Masks: We already know that they are ineffective at stopping COVID transmission.

The other big Yang slam against Reynolds was because she “railed” against critical race theory. Yang used the recycled lame leftist talking points to pretend that CRT is merely an analysis by legal scholars in higher education and is not taught in public schools…even though it is:

Reynolds has been vocal, as have many GOP leaders, against the use of critical race theory. This academic framework is used to analyze systemic racism. Republicans have taken this approach and used it to describe any training in racism or diversity. Last June, Reynolds signed a law targeting the teaching of critical race theory in Iowa’s schools and government training programs, calling it “discriminatory indoctrination.”

That “Republicans seize” part is a nice touch. It seems to be the new replacement for the “Republicans pounced” routine which became so overused it turned into a laughable cliché.